A BEDTIME STORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19508, 11 December 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)

A BEDTIME STORY.

•i y ipeter arid Bobby had been sent to bed i, eaiti'y, and tliey were telling each other u sto sies to make the .time pass quickly. In a'he middle of telling a pirate story Pettfi Stopped. 3 "it'id you hear that bump on the cl stairs., Bobby ?" he whispered. Bobby had hoard, but he had been so o interest ad in Peter's story that he had y paid no attention to it. s "Go .on with the story, Peter," Bobby 11 ' said. v< The noise you heard was only a the stairs creaking." r, But 100 sooner had Peter begun again, than bump! bump! bump! was heard on it the stairs outside. 's *' Oh!" cried Peter, hiding his head, l- " I can"A tall stories with that bump! >r bump! going on outside." t) Bobby was a year older than his d brother. He would show Peter how o' grown-up and brave he was. e He pulled Peter's head from under the e pillow. it *' Don't bo silly," he said. " Let's n see what it is." y "I won't," cried Peter. " I'm going h to stay here. You can go if you like." a Just, then there was another bump ! bump ! y The n.oiao seemed to be nearer now. !- Peter's head disappeared again under the v pillows. r3 Bobby put on his slippers and boldly opened "this door. He listerfed for a miny: nte. t Then, crash! bang! There was a tera rible clatter on the landing below, and

Bobby heard a muffled " Me-ow." He ran downstairs. quickly and turned on the light. There was nothing there but one smalf cat. ■■ , There she was;-running wildly round, her head firmly fixed iu a salmon tin, from which she was trying to free herself. .Bobbly carefully pulled the tin from her head' and carried her back to the bedroom, where ho dumped her down on Peter's bed. " Now I've caught the villain we can get on with the story," he said. But Betty the cat did not want to hear it. She had some Kittens in the kitchen, waiting to be fed. —Nursery World.